Make your own cake topper from chipboard with these simple steps!
Another week, another wedding craft! I’m not sure what I’m going to do once our wedding is over. Until then, I am thoroughly enjoying making and creating as much as I can for our wedding. So much so that I’m thinking about potentially selling a few bits and pieces over on Etsy. In fact, I’ve added my first item, which the digital file for this project. If you have a Cricut maker or other cutting machine, you can use this file to create this project too. I’ve always been quite intimidated by selling my own creations, so these is a nice way to ease me in.
I’m really happy with how this cake topper has turned out, it’s certainly not perfect but I really like how clean whilst rustic it is, and am just continually impressed by what the Cricut Maker is able to do and the quality of the products that you are able to create. If you have a maker and fancy having a go at this, then keep reading to find out what I used and how I made it…
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First of all, head over to the shop here and get the SVG file. Download this, open it in Cricut Design Studio and adjust it to your desired size.
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Next, turn on your Cricut (you’ll need a maker for this project). Insert the knife blade. Place a piece of chipboard on the strong grip mat and add masking tape to each edge of the chipboard to ensure it is firmly stuck down.
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Click ‘Make it’ in Design Studio and select chipboard from the materials options. Press the Cricut symbol on the maker when you’re ready to start cutting.
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The Cricut will plan to do around 20 passes to cut out the design, but 12-14 I found is more than enough. Stop the Cricut when you are happy that it has cut all the way through.
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Use the weeding tool to remove enclosed cut out parts and carefully pop out the design. I had a few rough / furry edges which I cleaned up with a nail file.
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Finally, I gave the topper a layer of mod podge to avoid the chipboard absorbing the paint and warping. I then mixed a copper and gold paint to get the shade I wanted and painted it all over.
